Afternoon conditions & temperatures at Kilkenny Monday Mar 16th:

Mon. 
Tues. 
Wed.
Thu.
Fri.
Sat.
Sun
Next Wk.
12° 11°  14°  16° 14° 11° 10° 10°

Cloudy at first but some very pleasant weather from mid week on. Monday will be a cloudy day and turning quite breezy. Cloudy also for St.Patrick's Day.It should dry for much of the time - just the chance of a little patchy rain/drizzle early on. Cloudy at first on Wednesday but some warm sunshine coming through later in the day. Continuing warm and dry for Thursday. A touch of frost is possible early on Friday but the fair weather continuing. Fair over the course of the weekend too with temperatures coming back to more normal values. A lot of fair weather too next week.    

Current Conditions


How is this month shaping up?

• The mean temperature is near normal.
• Rainfall is a little above normal.
• Rainfall for the year so far is above normal.
 

Month Temperature and Rainfall Readings for Kilkenny

March 2026 1st to 7th 1st to 14th 1st to 21st 1st to End Month Highest Month Lowest
Mean Air Temp.  (in ° C)

5.8

 6.9

 

 

 13.8 on   Mar 12th  -2.0 on   Mar 6th
Departure from 1991-2020

-0.6

+0.3 

 

 

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Rainfall (in mm)

19.2

35.0  

 

 

 9.9 on  Mar 12th -
Percent of normal 1991-2020

136 

124 

 

 

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Extremes of Air Temperature so far this year :
14.3 on   Feb 22nd 
-4.8 on  Jan 6th
Total Rainfall so far this year : 231.8mm 
 132% of normal
Wettest day of the year so far : 18.8mm
 on Jan  26th 
17.9mm
 on Jan 29th 

 

Note : The data shown in the table above is the official climate data submitted to Met Eireann (Climate Station No. 456). The temperatures are from calibrated liquid-in-glass thermometers and rainfall is from a standard 5" copper gauge. The temperatures are not calculated/based on a 00-24 hour day. For the minimum temperatures, the month begins at 9 UTC on the last day of the preceding month and ends at 9 UTC on the last day of the month. For the maximum temperatures and rainfall readings, the month is taken as beginning at 9 UTC on the 1st and ending at 9 UTC on the 1st of the next month.